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The Visiting Writers Series: Upcoming Event
In partnership with the History Department, The English Department Visiting Writers Series is hosting a remote event for the release of Professor Kathleen Rooney and Professor Miles Harvey’s books beginning at 6:00 pm on September 30: Historical Research in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction: Readings and Conversation with Kathleen Rooney and Miles Harvey. The conversation will be moderated by…Continue reading The Visiting Writers Series: Upcoming Event
Summer 2015 Teaching Positions at the Institute of Reading Development
The Institute of Reading Development is accepting applications for summer 2015 teaching positions. The Institute provides its summer teachers with “a paid training program and comprehensive ongoing support.” Candidates with an undergraduate degree in any discipline are eligible to apply. See the website for eligibility requirements and the online job application.
Brooksday & Part-time Tutoring Positions
Today is Brooksday, an annual, day-long celebration of the life and legacy of one of Chicago’s literary legends, Gwendolyn Brooks. The Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St., is hosting a free Brooksday celebration running all day from 9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The works of Gwendolyn Brooks will be read by a rotation of…Continue reading Brooksday & Part-time Tutoring Positions
Printer’s Row Lit Fest Seeks Volunteers & A Reading by Mahmoud Saeed
Chicago Tribune’s annual Printers Row Lit Fest, the largest free outdoor literary event in the Midwest, drawing more than 125,000 book lovers and featuring over 250 authors and 150 booksellers, is approaching. Events will run all weekend on June 8th – 9th, 2013. The event’s success relies on over 200 volunteers and the organizers are looking for more help!…Continue reading Printer’s Row Lit Fest Seeks Volunteers & A Reading by Mahmoud Saeed
Poet Andrea Gibson on Campus & More
Although Ex Libris is the English graduate programs’ blog, we’re happy to share an invitation to support some of DePaul’s undergraduate poets at an upcoming on-campus event. Each April, the English Department and the DePaul University Library sponsor an undergraduate reading in celebration of National Poetry Month. This year’s reading will take place on April…Continue reading Poet Andrea Gibson on Campus & More
Faculty News: Barrie Jean Borich Releases New Memoir
In today’s Faculty News, we extend our congratulations to Prof. Barrie Jean Borich. Borich joined DePaul’s creative writing faculty last fall, and this spring she is celebrating the release of her third creative nonfiction book, Body Geographic. Body Geographic is published by the University of Nebraska Press and was selected for inclusion in the American…Continue reading Faculty News: Barrie Jean Borich Releases New Memoir
Rey Andujar on Campus, Teaching Opportunity in Korea, and More
A reminder for MAE students working on their Digication ePortfolios: don’t forget that tomorrow, Saturday, March 9th, there will be a special Digication workshop for MAE students in the SAC 240 computer lab from 10-11:30 a.m. Details here. *** DePaul’s Department of International Studies and 7Vientos Press are pleased to announce an upcoming reception for…Continue reading Rey Andujar on Campus, Teaching Opportunity in Korea, and More
Threshold’s Extended Deadline, Alumni News, and More
Threshold, DePaul’s annual literary arts journal, is extending their deadline for submissions through March 8th, 2013, at 11:59 p.m. Guidelines are the same as before and can be found on Threshold‘s tumblr account, as well as the previous Ex Libris call for submissions. This is your last chance to send your work in to DePaul’s…Continue reading Threshold’s Extended Deadline, Alumni News, and More
The Writers Guild’s Live Student Reading
The Writers Guild, part of the University Center for Writing-based Learning’s Writing Groups program, is hosting a student reading next week at the DePaul Student Center. The event, titled “Aloud!,” will take place on Monday, February 11th, from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Student Center atrium, and will feature poetry, fiction, and essays by undergraduate and…Continue reading The Writers Guild’s Live Student Reading
Author Lois Leveen on Campus, & Two Calls for Papers
This Monday, writer Lois Leveen will be speaking at an event sponsored by The Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse and the Department of African and Black Diaspora Studies. Leveen is the author of The Secrets of Mary Bowser, a recent novel about a historical figure, Mary Bowser, a freed slave who later became a…Continue reading Author Lois Leveen on Campus, & Two Calls for Papers
Two Friday Events and a Call for Submissions
This month, the DePaul English Department is holding a series of Student Information Sessions with the candidates for the Assistant Professor of Early Modern English Literature, a tenure-track position in The Department of English to begin in September, 2013. A total of three sessions will be held in ALH 210-11, one for each candidate. All…Continue reading Two Friday Events and a Call for Submissions